Documentary following year in James Franco's life nears completion

A documentary following a year in the life of James Franco is nearing completion according to The Wrap, after it began shooting in June last year.

From first-time director Lisa Vangellow, Franco: A Documentary will follow both Franco's professional and personal life, and will apparently feature Franco's actor friend Seth Rogen as well as the director of New York's Museum of Modern Art, Klaus Biesenbach.

Vangellow certainly hasn't been short of material in the last year. On the professional side, Franco made his Broadway debut in Of Mice and Men alongside Chris O'Dowd, saw his short story Palo Alto get adapted into a film by Gia Coppola in which he also starred, become the head of an acting school, and starred in Playtime, artist Isaac Julien's seven-screen meditation on commerce. He also completed his film Interior. Leather Bar, a reimagining of gay S&M scenes removed from Al Pacino film Cruising; saw his first novel, Actors Anonymous, get published; and dressed up as Janet Leigh to recreate Psycho's shower scene for another artwork, as well as dressing up as artist Cindy Sherman to recreate her Untitled Film Stills project. Mainstream films like Homefront with Jason Statham and Third Person with Olivia Wilde were also released.

There's also been some personal controversy, much of it centred around his Instagram account. Half-naked selfies have generated much tabloid fussing in recent weeks; more serious was his attempt to woo a 17-year-old girl via the service, asking her if he should "rent a room" for the two of them.

Franco continues to be as prolific as last year – he has 14 films at various stages of production, from big Hollywood comedies like Sausage Party and The Interview (both scripted by Rogen), to his own adaptation of William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the Fury.